A Talk with Maritime Historian Dr Tom Johnson

Dr Tom Johnson, from the University of Oxford, explores the social, economic, and cultural history of Suffolk’s rich maritime history during the Middle Ages.

His first book, Law in Common: Legal Culture in Late-Medieval England, was published in 2020. He's currently working on his second book, The Fishermen's Church: Reckoning and Ruin in a Medieval Fishing Village, an economic microhistory of the fishing village Walberswick during the 15th Century.

Suitable for ages 16+.

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